Surah Al-Qasas, ayah 58
وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍۭ بَطِرَتْ مَعِيشَتَهَا ۖ فَتِلْكَ مَسَـٰكِنُهُمْ لَمْ تُسْكَن مِّنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا ۖ وَكُنَّا نَحْنُ ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ
And how many a city have We destroyed that was insolent in its [way of] living, and those are their dwellings which have not been inhabited after them except briefly. And it is We who were the inheritors.
Al-Qasas · 28:58
Word by word
- وَكَمْwakamAnd how many
- أَهْلَكْنَاahlaknāWe have destroyed
- مِنminof
- قَرْيَةٍۭqaryatina town
- بَطِرَتْbaṭiratwhich exulted
- مَعِيشَتَهَا ۖmaʿīshatahā(in) its means of livelihood
- فَتِلْكَfatil'kaAnd these
- مَسَـٰكِنُهُمْmasākinuhum(are) their dwellings
- لَمْlamnot
- تُسْكَنtus'kanhave been inhabited
- مِّنۢminafter them
- بَعْدِهِمْbaʿdihimafter them
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- قَلِيلًۭا ۖqalīlana little
- وَكُنَّاwakunnāAnd indeed, [We]
- نَحْنُnaḥnuWe
- ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَl-wārithīna(are) the inheritors
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